benzoin resin

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• Benzoin resin — or styrax resin is a balsamic resin obtained from the bark of several species of trees in the genus Styrax . It is used in perfumes, some kinds of incense, and medicine (see tincture of benzoin). Its principle component is benzoic acid. [cite… …   Wikipedia

• Benzoin — IUPAC name …   Wikipedia

• benzoin — balsamic resin obtained from a tree (Styrax benzoin) of Indonesia, 1560s (earlier as bengewine, 1550s), from M.Fr. benjoin (16c.), which comes via Spanish, Portuguese, or Italian from Arabic luban jawi incense of Java (actually Sumatra, with… …   Etymology dictionary

• benzoin — [ben′zō in΄, ben zō′in; ben′zoin΄] n. [Fr benjoin < It benzoino < Ar lubān jāwī, incense of Java: lu dropped because falsely assumed to be the article] 1. a balsamic resin obtained from certain tropical Asiatic trees (genus Styrax of the… …   English World dictionary

• benzoin — A balsamic resin obtained from Styrax b. (family Styracaceae), used as a stimulant expectorant, but usually by inhalation in laryngitis and bronchitis; it retards rancidification of fats and is used for this purpose in the official benzoinated… …   Medical dictionary

• benzoin — benzoin1 /ben zoh in, zoyn, ben zoh in/, n. 1. Also called gum benjamin, gum benzoin. a reddish brown, aromatic balsamic resin occurring in almondlike fragments and having a vanillalike odor, obtained from trees of the genus Styrax, esp. S.… …   Universalium

• benzoin — [ bɛnzəʊɪn] noun 1》 (also gum benzoin) a fragrant gum resin obtained from certain East Asian storax trees. 2》 Chemistry a crystalline aromatic ketone present in benzoin. Origin C16: from Fr. benjoin, based on Arab. lubānjāwī incense of Java …   English new terms dictionary

• benzoin — /ˈbɛnzɔɪn/ (say benzoyn), /ˈbɛnzoʊən/ (say benzohuhn) noun 1. a balsamic resin obtained from species of Styrax, especially S. benzoin, a tree of Java, Sumatra, etc., and used in perfumery, medicine, etc. 2. any plant of the lauraceous genus… …  

• benzoin — ben·zo·in || benzəʊɪn n. bitter almond oil camphor (Chemistry); gum benzoin, type of resin obtained from certain trees (used in the making of cosmetics, perfumes and in medicine) …   English contemporary dictionary

• benzoin — I ben•zo•in [[t]ˈbɛn zoʊ ɪn, zɔɪn, bɛnˈzoʊ ɪn[/t]] n. 1) pln a reddish brown balsamic resin obtained from certain storax trees, used in medicine and perfumery 2) pln any plant belonging to the genus Lindera (Benzoin), of the laurel family, as the …   From formal English to slang

• benzoin —   n. balsamic resin used in perfumery, etc., and in medicine as compound tincture called friar s balsam; bitter almond oil camphor, found in gum benzoin.    ♦ benzoic,   a …   Dictionary of difficult words